Arm Covering Assembly

ABSTRACT

An arm covering assembly includes a shield that is selectively worn on a left forearm of a vehicle driver. The shield is comprised of a reflective material to protect the left forearm from sunburn when a vehicle is being driven. A pad is coupled to the shield and the pad abuts the left forearm when the shield is worn. The pad is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort of the shield. A plurality of first mating members is provided and each of the first mating members is coupled to the shield. A plurality of second mating members is provided and each of the second mating members is coupled to the shield. Each of the second mating members is selectively matable to an associated first mating member. Thus, each of the first and second mating members is selectively wrapped around the left forearm to retain the shield on the left forearm.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Descriptionof Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to covering devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new covering device for protecting a leftforearm from sunburn while driving a vehicle.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a shield that is selectively worn on a left forearmof a vehicle driver. The shield is comprised of a reflective material toprotect the left forearm from sunburn when a vehicle is being driven. Apad is coupled to the shield and the pad abuts the left forearm when theshield is worn. The pad is comprised of a resiliently compressiblematerial to enhance comfort of the shield. A plurality of first matingmembers is provided and each of the first mating members is coupled tothe shield. A plurality of second mating members is provided and each ofthe second mating members is coupled to the shield. Each of the secondmating members is selectively matable to an associated first matingmember. Thus, each of the first and second mating members is selectivelywrapped around the left forearm to retain the shield on the leftforearm.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an arm covering assembly accordingto an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through4 thereof, a new covering device embodying the principles and conceptsof an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the arm covering assembly 10generally comprises a shield 12 that is selectively worn on a forearm 14of a vehicle driver. The shield 12 is comprised of a reflective materialto protect the forearm 14 from sunburn when a vehicle is being driven.The vehicle may be a passenger vehicle, a cargo vehicle and any othervehicle that has a driver's side window. The shield 12 is selectivelyworn on the driver's left forearm 14 thereby shielding the left forearm14 from sunlight that passes through the driver's side window.

The shield 12 has a first surface 16, a second surface 18 and aperipheral edge 20 extending therebetween. The peripheral edge 20 has afront side 22, a back side 24, a first lateral side 26 and a secondlateral side 28. The front side 22 is concavely arcuate between thefirst 26 and second 28 lateral sides. Moreover, the front side 22extends along a top side of a hand when the shield 12 is worn.

Each of the first 26 and second 28 lateral sides curves inwardly betweenthe front side 22 and the back side 24 to define a curve 30. The curve30 corresponding to the first 26 and second 28 lateral sides ispositioned closer to the front side 22 than the back side 24. Moreover,the curve 30 corresponding to the first 26 and second 28 lateral sidesis aligned with a wrist when the shield 12 is worn. In this way theshield 12 is inhibited from frictionally engaging the wrist. Each of thefirst 16 and second 18 surfaces is concavely arcuate between the first26 and second 28 lateral sides. Thus, the shield 12 conforms to acurvature of the forearm 14 when the shield 12 is worn.

A pad 32 is coupled to the shield 12 and the pad 32 abuts the forearm 14when the shield 12 is worn. The pad 32 is comprised of a resilientlycompressible material to enhance comfort when the shield 12 is worn. Thepad 32 has a primary surface 34 and a secondary surface 36 and theprimary surface 34 is coupled to the first surface 16 of the shield 12.The pad 32 completely covers the first surface 16 of the shield 12 andthe secondary surface 36 rests on the forearm 14 when the shield 12 isworn.

A plurality of first mating members 38 is provided and each of the firstmating members 38 is coupled to the shield 12. Each of the first matingmembers 38 is coupled to the secondary surface 36 of the pad 32 and eachof the first mating members 38 extends outwardly from the first lateralside 26 of the shield 12. Each of the first mating members 38 has adistal end 40 with respect to the first lateral side 26 and the firstmating members 38 are spaced apart from each other and are distributedalong the second lateral side 28.

A plurality of second mating members 42 is provided and each of thesecond mating members 42 is coupled to the shield 12. Each of the secondmating members 42 is coupled to the secondary surface 36 of the pad 32and each of the second mating members 42 extends outwardly from thesecond lateral side 28 of the shield 12. Each of the second matingmembers 42 has a distal end 44 with respect to the second lateral side28 and the second mating members 42 are spaced apart from each other andare distributed along the second lateral side 28.

Each of the second mating members 42 is aligned with an associated oneof the first mating members 38. Moreover, each of the second matingmembers 42 is selectively matable to the associated first mating member38. In this way each of the first 38 and second 42 mating members iswrapped around the forearm 14 to retain the shield 12 on the forearm 14.Each of the first 38 and second 42 mating members may comprise acomplementary hook and loop fasteners, flexible metal straps and anyother mating member that can be wrapped around the forearm 14.

In use, the shield 12 is placed on top of the left forearm 14 and eachof the first 38 and second mating members 42 are secured around theforearm 14. The shield 12 is positioned on the left forearm 14 to extendbetween the left elbow and the metacarpophalangeal knuckles on the lefthand. Thus, the shield 12 protects the left forearm 14 from sunlightthat passes through the driver's side window in the vehicle. In this waythe shield 12 inhibits the left forearm 14 from being sunburned whilethe vehicle is being driven. The shield 12 is removed from the leftforearm 14 at any selected time.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. An arm covering assembly being configured to protect an armfrom sunburn, said assembly comprising: a shield being configured to beworn on a forearm of a vehicle driver, said shield being comprised of areflective material wherein said shield is configured to protect theforearm from sunburn when a vehicle is being driven; a pad being coupledto said shield wherein said pad is configured to abut the forearm whensaid shield is worn, said pad being comprised of a resilientlycompressible material wherein said pad is configured to enhance comfortof said shield; a plurality of first mating members, each of said firstmating members being coupled to said shield; and a plurality of secondmating members, each of said second mating members being coupled to saidshield, each of said second mating members being selectively matable toan associated first mating member wherein each of said first and secondmating members is configured to be wrapped around the forearm to retainsaid shield on the forearm.
 2. The assembly according to claim 1,wherein said shield has a first surface, a second surface and aperipheral edge extending therebetween, said peripheral edge having afront side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side,said front side being concavely arcuate between said first and secondlateral sides wherein said front side is configured to extend along atop side of a hand when said shield is worn.
 3. The assembly accordingto claim 2, wherein each of said first and second lateral sides curvesinwardly between said front side and said back side to define a curve,said curve corresponding to said first and second lateral sides beingpositioned closer to said front side than said back side wherein saidcurve corresponding to said first and second lateral sides is configuredto be aligned with a wrist when said shield is worn thereby inhibitingsaid shield from frictionally engaging the wrist.
 4. The assemblyaccording to claim 2, wherein each of said first and second surfacesbeing concavely arcuate between said first and second lateral sideswherein said shield is configured to conform to a curvature of theforearm when said shield is worn.
 5. The assembly according to claim 2,wherein said pad has a primary surface and a secondary surface, saidprimary surface being coupled to said first surface of said shield, saidpad completely covering said first surface, said secondary surface beingconfigured to rest on the forearm when said shield is worn.
 6. Theassembly according to claim 5, wherein each of said first mating membersis coupled to said secondary surface of said pad, each of said firstmating members extending outwardly from said first lateral side of saidshield, each of said first mating members having a distal end withrespect to said first lateral side, said first mating members beingspaced apart from each other and being distributed along said secondlateral side.
 7. The assembly according to claim 6, wherein each of saidsecond mating members is coupled to said secondary surface of said pad,each of said second mating members extending outwardly from said secondlateral side of said shield, each of said second mating members having adistal end with respect to said second lateral side, said second matingmembers being spaced apart from each other and being distributed alongsaid second lateral side, each of said second mating members beingaligned with an associated one of said first mating members.
 8. An armcovering assembly being configured to protect an arm from sunburn, saidassembly comprising: a shield being configured to be worn on a forearmof a vehicle driver, said shield being comprised of a reflectivematerial wherein said shield is configured to protect the forearm fromsunburn when a vehicle is being driven, said shield having a firstsurface, a second surface and a peripheral edge extending therebetween,said peripheral edge having a front side, a back side, a first lateralside and a second lateral side, said front side being concavely arcuatebetween said first and second lateral sides wherein said front side isconfigured to extend along a top side of a hand when said shield isworn, each of said first and second lateral sides curving inwardlybetween said front side and said back side to define a curve, said curvecorresponding to said first and second lateral sides being positionedcloser to said front side than said back side wherein said curvecorresponding to said first and second lateral sides is configured to bealigned with a wrist when said shield is worn thereby inhibiting saidshield from frictionally engaging the wrist, each of said first andsecond surfaces being concavely arcuate between said first and secondlateral sides wherein said shield is configured to conform to acurvature of the forearm when said shield is worn; a pad being coupledto said shield wherein said pad is configured to abut the forearm whensaid shield is worn, said pad being comprised of a resilientlycompressible material wherein said pad is configured to enhance comfortof said shield, said pad having a primary surface and a secondarysurface, said primary surface being coupled to said first surface ofsaid shield, said pad completely covering said first surface, saidsecondary surface being configured to rest on the forearm when saidshield is worn; and a plurality of first mating members, each of saidfirst mating members being coupled to said shield, each of said firstmating members being coupled to said secondary surface of said pad, eachof said first mating members extending outwardly from said first lateralside of said shield, each of said first mating members having a distalend with respect to said first lateral side, said first mating membersbeing spaced apart from each other and being distributed along saidsecond lateral side; and a plurality of second mating members, each ofsaid second mating members being coupled to said shield, each of saidsecond mating members being coupled to said secondary surface of saidpad, each of said second mating members extending outwardly from saidsecond lateral side of said shield, each of said second mating membershaving a distal end with respect to said second lateral side, saidsecond mating members being spaced apart from each other and beingdistributed along said second lateral side, each of said second matingmembers being aligned with an associated one of said first matingmembers, each of said second mating members being selectively matable tosaid associated first mating member wherein each of said first andsecond mating members is configured to be wrapped around the forearm toretain said shield on the forearm.